TBILISI, Georgia — Russian troops remaining in Georgian territory are effectively preventing Georgians from returning to their homes, a U.N. representative said Saturday.
Melita Sunjic, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner of Refugees in Georgia, said that although it was not clear whether Russian soldiers were physically preventing refugees from returning, the warnings by the troops effectively block them. About 2,000 refugees are at UNHCR camps in Gori; possibly thousands of others are elsewhere in the region.
On Saturday, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the chamber’s Foreign Relations Committee, visited Gori to observe the distribution of U.S. food aid.
Asked whether the Untied States was considering new military aid, Corker said, “These subjects are part of a longer and mid-term discussion” when Congress reconvenes in September. The Associated Press
